Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

The announcement in December came on the heels of a nearly 12-month project aimed at spinning its 15% interest (worth $30 billion) in Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company, to its shareholders, a transaction that has been abandoned over tax concerns. It’s very simple: innovation is a game that is played for a full 9 innings.

Google 100

Google Innovation Taxes Marketing 100

CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Download the free 31-page State of Innovation report. While Google excelled in building software, it lagged behind in hardware and product innovation. Date: March 20, 2003. Microsoft and Nokia. Date: April 25, 2014.

Google 76

Google Software Innovation Company 76

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 6, 2015

Amid the revenue and profitability metrics in the recent trading update from UK mobile banking innovator Monitise was news that the company was shifting strategy from “purpose-built” platforms to standardized, cloud-based APIs in a bid to cut costs. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in London, U.K.,

Strategy 12

Strategy Taxes Capital Innovation 12

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Brown, instead of managers getting stock options or guaranteed bonuses, every manager got paid $7,800 a year (the equivalent of about $14,500 today), plus “a designated percentage of the profits of the company after these are reduced by a charge for capital employed.”. The result of this type of plan was to make each manager at H.

Omaha 78

Omaha Company Capital Management 78

CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

State of Innovation Report. Bain, whose co-founders would go on to start Bain Capital, had a particular expertise in finance from the beginning. Mitt Romney, center, began his career at BCG but made his real fortune as vice president of Bain & Company and co-founder of Bain Capital — specialization-wise, a fitting career move.

Strategy 78

Strategy Management Analytics Tools 78

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In venture capital, returns follow the power law — 80% of the wins come from 20% of the deals. Get the 65-page report on teardowns for Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and more. JD.com took a huge risk by stepping into a major market and investor Capital Today made a $2.4B

Lending 78

Lending Capital Company Google 78